Daily Archives: November 2, 2010

Election Night 2010: Propositions Pass, Ballot Measure Rejected

As of 11:00 pm with 70% of the votes counted both propositions A and B appear to have passed and ballot measure one rejected. Proposition...

Election Night 2010: Write-In Leads Senate Race

As of 10:00 pm with  51% of mostly urban precincts reporting the write-in has the lead in the race for U.S. Senate. The write-in votes,...

Election Night 2010: Counting Write-In Votes Timeline

The biggest question on most voters minds in Alaska is how will the write-in votes be counted on election night? When will we really...

Election Day: November 2, 2010

Alaska votes on Tuesday November 2, 2010. Polls open at 7:00 am and close at 8:00 pm. Here are some helpful links...

State’s DEC Taking Over Some Federal Clean Water Act Powers

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage The Federal Environmental Protection Agency is turning over some of its Clean Water Act authority to the state Department...

Efforts to Stop Pebble Mine Discussed

Mike Mason, KDLG – Dillingham The effort to stop development of the proposed Pebble Mine through the use of a veto authority granted to...

Homeless Death Raises Police Suspicions

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage Another death of an Anchorage homeless man has raised police suspicions as to the nature of the death.  The...

Legendary Alaskan Broadcaster Passes Away

Associated Press KNOM broadcasting pioneer Tom Busch has died. Busch died unexpectedly Monday morning in his sleep. He was 63. Busch was born in Philadelphia and graduated...

City Addresses ‘Spice’ Issue

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage There’s no legal ban yet, but the Anchorage Assembly has passed a resolution asking businesses to pull a hallucinatory...

Fairbanks Looks Underground for Energy

Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks The Fairbanks North Star Borough will use federal money to investigate local geothermal energy potential. $1 million from the...

Sitka Tribe of Alaska Seek Better Enforcement of Herring Roe Harvest

Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is asking for better enforcement of rules that prohibit out-of-state residents from harvesting subsistence...

Questions Arise About Formation of New Petersburg Borough

Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg City employees, attorneys and a committee of local residents fielded questions last week on the formation of a...

Alaska News Nightly: November 2, 2010

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via email, podcast and RSS. Download Audio...

Legendary Alaska Broadcaster Passes Away

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage Legendary Alaska broadcaster Tom Busch is dead.  He was a longtime manager of the Catholic radio station in Nome -...